In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.

We will not let governments off the hook. We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what they have committed to here. And we will report on it.

Freedom from discrimination for women, ensuring that female children can learn to read, these are human needs for half the human race, not western values.

If you are small and don't particularly want credit for what you are doing, you can achieve a lot.

A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting human rights to make those standards a living reality for people everywhere.

If the Chinese business community takes the Declaration of Human Rights, core labor standards, and environmental standards seriously, the government of China will take them far more seriously, too.

I can see the immense capacity of business to give leadership.